Bentivoglio Altarpiece

Bentivoglio Altarpiece
ArtistLorenzo Costa
Year1488
MediumOil on panel
LocationSan Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna

The Bentivoglio Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Costa, dating to August 1488. It is displayed in the Bentivoglio Chapel of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna, Italy.

It was commissioned by Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna, as a thanksgiving for the family's escape from an attempted massacre by the Malvezzi family [1].